The Tully Trail is a scenic loop trail located in the towns of Royalston,

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, and

Warwick, Massachusetts Warwick is a town in Franklin County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 780 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Warwick was first settled in 1739 and was off ...

near the

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border. The route crosses several ledges with sweeping views of the surrounding rural countryside and passes three waterfalls ( Royalston Falls,

Spirit Falls Spirit Falls is a waterfall located in the Jacobs Hill open space preserve in Royalston, Massachusetts. The preserve is managed by non-profit organization The Trustees of Reservations. The Tully Trail The Tully Trail is a scenic loop trail loc ...

, and Doane's Falls). Tully Mountain, Jacobs Hill, and Tully Lake are also located on the trail. The Tully Trail coincides briefly with the

Metacomet-Monadnock Trail The Metacomet-Monadnock Trail (M&M Trail) is a hiking trail that traverses the Metacomet Ridge of the Pioneer Valley region of Massachusetts and the central uplands of Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Although less than from Boston a ...

. The route follows a mostly protected corridor of state, federal, and non-profit owned land.

Conservation

The Tully Trail is managed by

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and by the

Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, incorporated in 1986, is a non-profit organization whose mission is the conservation of woodland and agricultural land in north central and western Massachusetts. Based out of Athol, Massachusetts, the MGLCT ...

. Many key parcels along the trail route have been conserved by these non-profit organizations.

Conservation

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